Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. But on the other side of that equation is the influence of sound business practices, planning, due diligence, and adaptability on business success. One of the assessment tools we use a great deal is the Basadur Innovation Profile. The answer is complicated.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The discrepancies in venture capital funding to female entrepreneurs are well known, but society also tends to view men as more creative and innovative than women, even when the reality is quite the opposite. Earlier this year I chaired a panel about female entrepreneurship at IE University’s LegalTech event in London.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2019

As a leader, you have the power and influence to help your team members develop new habits that can make them more productive. As hard as it is for us doers to believe, all the evidence says that maximum effectiveness and innovation start with…STOPPING. I will stop allowing interruptions that hijack my schedule. Yes, it’s tough to do.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

For instance, a few years ago, research from VU University Amsterdam showed that we tend to have an unconscious bias towards viewing innovation and creativity as a young person’s game. This bias has also infiltrated the venture capital community, with Paul Graham famously quipping that he rarely backed any entrepreneur older than 32.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. Executives who realize their potential can be far more satisfied with their careers and lives. Advantage 4: See Goals More Clearly and Purposefully.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

Learning how the most innovative leaders step back and see the big picture, assess the underlying issue, and then approach the solutions in a systemic, realistic way helped me see things in an entirely new way. Unorthodox thinking is required throughout the innovation process.”. But this proved to be a false conclusion.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2015

The Most Important Career Decision of Your Life: Stepping Up to Leadership from @DDIworld. The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company by @profhamel. Eight Questions for Increasing Your Influence by @JohnRStoker. The Most Important Questions Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves by Henrich Greve via @INSEADKnowledge.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2020

The truth is that there will always be room for more online businesses if there are entrepreneurs coming up with alternative business concepts and innovative services/products. Influencer marketing. An increasingly popular career path is influencer marketing.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 27, 2022

Innovation and creativity are often a case of applying habits and perspectives learned elsewhere into new contexts, which is one reason why immigrants are so often extremely effective entrepreneurs. Creating change. Rural communities have a lot of assets that are hidden from the broader public.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I believe the same characteristics that are present in the heart of a warrior are also present in the most successful executives and entrepreneurs. The more I began to ponder the heroism of our military (past and present), the more I began to consider the traits possessed by our nation’s warriors. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

However I believe the more important emotional trait for CEOs and entrepreneurs to gain mastery over is what I call EC or emotional control. I believe that with a loss of your temper you can lose your credibility, your influence, and your ultimately your ability to lead.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In the business world, as a chief executive officer or entrepreneur, corporate messaging is the key to both your personal and professional positioning strategy. Sadly, the reality is messaging is so impactful that it will often times have a greater impact on your career than your performance.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Entrepreneur.com From Entrepreneur magazine, a resource they call the first online business-to-business community marketplace built exclusively for small and emerging businesses. Business2.0 A resource that promotes the Internet economy as an important force shaping commerce. CFO.com Web magazine targeted to senior financial executives.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

An Overview on the Importance of Change : While there is little debate that the successful implementation of change can create an extreme competitive advantage, it is not well understood that the lack of doing so can send a company (or an individual’s career) into a death spiral. The Critic …The Critic opposes any and all change.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success. As a result, many of them tend to have a major blind-spot (translation: weakness ) when it comes to the anticipation of set-backs. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Entrepreneurs want to see their businesses grow. Making sure you pursue the recruitment of competent HR staff will improve your recruitment process, diversify your team to increase innovativeness, and reduce, if not eliminate, employee turnover. However, employee development does not only focus on career advancement.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Leaders are debating the changing nature of work and the perceived decline in job security (the lifelong career at a benevolent company is a fading memory) and the erosion of corporate loyalty. Harvard Business professor Regina Herzlinger notes that over half her graduate school students now want to be entrepreneurs.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills. As much as you may wish it wasn’t so, as a CEO you’re really only as good as your last decision. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

While anyone can have a social media presence, not everyone possesses social media influence. You might have something to say, but without influence, nobody will be listening. Put simply, having a social media presence without influence is little more than an exercise in frivolity. News Flash: you can’t.

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 13, 2012

It reinforces a binary world of it’s “me” or “them” - either/or – not “us”, not “and” Throughout my career, when I focus on the “ Thou ”, helping my clients’ solve challenges and innovate resulting in growth, jobs, philanthropy, the “ I ” takes care of itself.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. Let me be very clear here - as the CEO or entrepreneur, YOU and not your legal counsel, marketing director, ad agency or PR firm must make this choice.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

In terms of solutions, Ann emphasised the need for employers to promote women proportionately through the ranks, offer flexible working solutions for those on career breaks and create sponsorship programs that cater to women from diverse backgrounds. CMI’s proposal has already been picked up in the media and some key influencers.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Jane Perdue of the Braithwaite Innovation Group contributed How To Involve The Right People In The Right Way. Joel Garfinkle of Career Advancement Blog contributed Seven Ways To Sell Your Ideas to Management. KG Charles-Harris of MAPping Company Success provided Entrepreneurs: The Chief Hustler.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Respect is earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment, or influence. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. This is a skill I believe many leaders do not develop until later in their careers.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

It can help them innovate. Michael Fraccaro: Understanding the trends that are driving change for our business and making sure we innovate our people practices to address those changes is essential to how we compete, succeed and set ourselves apart as a company. It can drive healthy, yet provocative debate. It’s about belonging.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This is simply due to the fact that more people want to hear what a high profile CEO or entrepreneur has to say. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 30, 2012

It’s clear that in many cases, women are not just influencing the market; they are the market. Add in the number of female CEOs at small and mid-sized companies, female upper level managers, and female entrepreneurs, and you can see that we’re actually talking about a large number. 92% of the purchase decision on family vacations.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Leading innovator in HR for over 25 years.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In a highly productive organization the power and influence of your voice is earned through trust and performance, and not entitlement. If you are a CEO or entrepreneur and don’t see team building as a priority, then the text the follows is written for you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When I read Whitney’s new book, I was struck by how her model reflected my own journey of taking the leap from Verizon Wireless executive to entrepreneur. The first decade of my career (and all my formal education) was about leadership development and communication. Their questions can lead to innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Civic Ventures had recently released its first survey of baby boomers and found at least half were interested in “ encore careers ” helping others. All to say, the sector is hot, which brings me to the second question: Are social entrepreneurs stoking the right kind of growth? In the broader U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

In today’s post I’m asking you to nominate the everyday community leader - the soldiers, first responders, teachers, volunteers, student leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, pastors, medical professionals, etc., He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world. .

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